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Youth in Revolt (2010)

Bill Clark — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:00:47 +0000

Michael Cera has made a considerable living over the past few years by playing lonely introverts entranced by the idea of relationships, more importantly sex. For the first half of Youth in Revolt, it’s business-as-usual for the actor he drops hip dialogue with his signature dry delivery. It’s funny, but… Continue reading

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Halloween (2007)

Bill Clark — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:00:18 +0000

“Reworking,” “reimagining,” and “reinventing” are popular words these days as studio heads and directors alike struggle to defend their choices in projects. Even occasional moviegoers have to have picked up on the creative bankruptcy that has plagued Hollywood for the past, oh, ten years or so. Plenty of egregious horror… Continue reading

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Sin City (2005)

Bill Clark — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 04:00:19 +0000

Sin City is a cornucopia of violence, grit, and attitude. Many will feel unclean after viewing the film’s stylized and hypnotic ballets of gruesomeness. They don’t call it “Sin City” for nothing. Writer/director Robert Rodriguez has been lobbying to get author Frank Miller’s graphic novel stories to the big screen… Continue reading

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Cursed (2005)

Bill Clark — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:00:17 +0000

The degradation of the horror genre through taming it for the teens and pre-teens has to have the horror community at its wits end by now. Gone are the days of mainstream blood-soaked, sleep-with-the-lights-on tales of terror. You know the genre is in dire shape when one of the founders… Continue reading

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Darkness (2002)

Bill Clark — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 05:00:35 +0000

Darkness is one hell of a god awful mess. Here is a film that wants so badly to be a clever horror film, but fails on virtually every level. It voluntarily chooses to follow the time-dishonored Hollywood wannabe horror film formula: Dark room, loud bangs in the soundtrack, silhouette crosses… Continue reading

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Shade (2003)

Bill Clark — Mon, 03 May 2004 04:00:37 +0000

I have always had a weakness for films about gambling. They always make it look so easy to win hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars in one night. It is a dream that many of us often, including me. Shade continues that tradition, and this is a sleeper… Continue reading

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